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ON THE ONE HAND THEY ARE BORROWING EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THEY ARE BROKE, ON THE OTHER THEY WANT TO ORGANIZE THE AFCON. INCOHÉRENCE! D’UN CÔTÉ ON EMPRUNTE PARTOUT CAR ON EST FAUCHÉ, DE L’AUTRE ON VEUT ORGANISER LA CAN. INCOHÉRENCE !

It was the wise man who said that it was very dangerous to want to live beyond one’s means, because one always ends up falling on their face. This is true for individuals as much as it is for states.

Gabon is a ruined country. Having made no provision during the high tide period thanks to the price of a barrel of oil prancing to 120 US dollars, Ali Bongo is now reduced to travel the world, hat in hand, begging for money here and there. But his instincts of partyer are never far away, he still plans to organize the 2017 AFCON in Gabon, which will cost the country some 400 billion CFA francs. Ali Bongo only sows entertainment in Gabon and the people reap from this only misery.

The decision to still have the AFCON in Gabon proves Ali Bongo's determination to remain in his logic of enjoyment and to ignore the basic expectations of the Gabonese people; this people who suffers the inconsistencies of Ali Bongo and his junta in power, despite the fact of having never having voted for them, neither in 2009 nor in 2016. This People must get out of its torpor and act while there is still time to save its country.

Time, this pitiless indicator, unfortunately plays against us the people; because if Ali Bongo remains in power, the threats to our survival as a people would be real. We must react as quickly as possible, and mobilize ourselves to save what remains of our country. We must save our country from the cycle in which the Bongo have locked it up; in spite of its greater natural potential, access to basic services and its population development index, are at the lowest . The Gabonese people pay the heaviest tribute to the Bongos bad governance; this is unacceptable and unbearable.

We suffer from the injustices and inconsistencies of the Bongos, but we do not accept and will never accept to be their willing victims. Dear readers, this is why our resistance must lead us to an absolute boycott of this AFCON that will only contribute to our impoverishment.

English version Dear compatriots, Your dialogue begins on March 28, we are told. Have fun, the food will certainly be excellent and the drinks as well; but especially, the per diem will have to be significant because you would not go for nothing! We would just like, right now, to remind you of some principles; for when we will expose them to you after your dialogue, which will be a failure, do not say to us: "I did not know!" On democracy, political scientists say: "So worth the elections, so much is a nation." What does that mean? Simply that voting is a citizen duty, a sovereign power of the people to say yes or no to those who claim or want to lead them. In the case of Gabon, on 27 August 2016, the majority of Gabonese clearly said no to corruption, no to the profiteers, not to state banditry, not to monarchy; but yes to a new experience, yes to the rule of law, yes to competence, yes to pluralism etc... Not only did Ali Bongo rob th…